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Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student at the University of Ottawa
My name is Ruo and I am a Clinical Psychology doctoral student at the University of Ottawa, under the supervision of Dr. Irene Vitoroulis. I am interested in studying mental health among immigrant and racialized adolescents and young adults, with a focus on stigma related to mental illness, help-seeking behaviour, and racial discrimination. In my free time, I love to dance, read, visit coffee shops, and watch anime.
My research interests broadly fit within the intersection of social, cultural, and clinical psychology. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC), my graduate work will examine mental health among youth from IRER (immigrant, refugee, ethno-cultural, and racialized) backgrounds.
I am also collaborating with Dr. Debra Titone from McGill University on several projects investigating bi- and multilinguals' social networks.
How do IRER youths' implicit and explicit biases towards mental illness influence their well-being and help-seeking behaviour?
Do IRER youths' experiences of racial discrimination interact with mental illness stigma to jointly predict well-being and help-seeking?
How do social networks play a role in IRER youths' well-being? How do social networks shape bi- and multilingual language experience?
Rodriguez, C., Feng, R. Y., Campbell, Z., Poitras, M., & Vitoroulis, I. (2022). Racial discrimination, cultural processes, and mental health among individuals from Asian backgrounds during COVID-19: A narrative review. University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine, 11(2), 24-33. [pdf] [doi]
Feng, R. Y., Tiv, M., Kutlu, E., Gullifer, J., Palma, P., O’Regan, E., Vingron, N., Doucerain, M., & Titone, D. (in press). A systems approach to multilingual language attitudes: A case study of Montréal, Québec, Canada. International Journal of Bilingualism.
Feng, R. Y., & Vitoroulis, I. (July 2022). The role of social network structure on mental health among immigrant and non-immigrant emerging adults. Poster presented at Sunbelt 2022: the XLII Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA). Cairns, Australia. [pdf] [video]